Kayakcrappieman..........

I saw in the deer hunting picture and story thread you had a couple of european mounts. Who did those? I'm looking to get my last deer done.

I never done one but I been told there not hard to do. Fire ants for a week and some hair bleach from sally's

Fire ants are not a problem, but i'm afraid the possums, coyotes and hogs would run off with the head. I've been told to boil the meat off the head. I'd just about as soon feed some of those bugs the taxidermist has.

I can do them. I do taxidermy on side.

ABH, I had a guy call me about an hour ago that I promised it to. I will keep you in mind though. I will be having more done this way.


I like the Euro mount better than capping the skull and putting it on a board from Wally World.

No prob man.

I've done one, via boiling the head. Thank goodness my regular cooking doesn't smell like that! Only problem was some dogs still got ahold of it. So it I s just tossed under the shed with the rest of my horns.

If you rub it in the ants allowing a bunch to get on it...then hang it in a tree they'll go up the tree and clean it and dogs/coyotes/etc can't get to them. Ants can communicate quite a ways.

While that sounds like pain just waiting to happen, I know Scrapper & his roommates in college did several longhorn skulls that way.

tanning hides...now THAT is a pain...before, during, and after the process....sheesh. I'll NEVER do or help with that again.